Advertisement

1LT Joe Lester Duckworth

Advertisement

1LT Joe Lester Duckworth

Birth
Mississippi, USA
Death
7 Jun 1943 (aged 24)
Smiths, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
First Lieutenant. 64th TC Sq, 403rd TC Gp, Pope Field, Ft. Bragg, NC Son of Lester L. and Bertha Virginia Hester Duckworth. He was on one of two C-47 transports that took off from Pope Field about 3 a.m., on flight to Laurinburg-Maxton AAB in North Carolina. Encountering a thunderstorm, one plane turned back. A search party was dispatched about 5 a.m. and the wreckage and bodies of all aboard were found within sight of LMAAB. Crew of four and 16 passengers killed.
First Lieutenant. 64th TC Sq, 403rd TC Gp, Pope Field, Ft. Bragg, NC Son of Lester L. and Bertha Virginia Hester Duckworth. He was on one of two C-47 transports that took off from Pope Field about 3 a.m., on flight to Laurinburg-Maxton AAB in North Carolina. Encountering a thunderstorm, one plane turned back. A search party was dispatched about 5 a.m. and the wreckage and bodies of all aboard were found within sight of LMAAB. Crew of four and 16 passengers killed.

Inscription

1ST LT



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement